Auckland: Finn Allen smashed 71 off 29 balls as New Zealand beat Bangladesh by 65 runs in a 3rd T20I curtailed by rain at Eden Park on Thursday. Allen, who will play for Royal Challengers Bangalore within the Indian Premier League this season, smashed 10 fours and three sixes in a match that was decreased to 10 overs a aspect.
Allen’s whirlwind innings propelled New Zealand to 141/4 and in reply, Bangladesh folded for 76 runs. New Zealand have thus swept the collection 3-0.
What a technique to finish a successful summer season for the @BLACKCAPS, defeating Bangladesh by 65 runs in a rain-shortened match.
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— Spark Sport (@sparknzsport) April 1, 2021
Finn Allen is a pure striker of the ball
71 off 29 is simply foolish pic.twitter.com/gDnqIdXrdi
— Cricket on BT Sport (@btsportcricket) April 1, 2021
Bangladesh hardly received going of their chase with captain Tim Southee pegging them again within the very first over with back-to-back wickets of openers Soumya Sarkar and Liton Das. Todd Astle then took two wickets within the fourth over to cut back Bangladesh to 37/4 by which period the guests wanted 105 to win off 36 balls.
off simply balls
twelfth Man Army, welcome the latest on the International stage, Finn Allen, who has put the bowling to the sword at this time #PlayBold #WeAreChallengers pic.twitter.com/v14KtMR5I1
— Royal Challengers Bangalore (@RCBTweets) April 1, 2021
Bangladesh had been all out within the tenth over, with Glenn Phillips dismissing Nasum Ahmed off the third ball of the over.
The match received off to a delayed begin as a consequence of rain and openers Allen and Martin Guptill received the hosts off to a flier. The pair put up 85 runs within the first six overs. Guptill fell on 44 off 19 balls however Allen went on to get to his half century in simply 18 balls, thus equalling Colin Munro`s document for the second-fastest half century by a Kiwi batsman in T20Is.
Allen fell within the final over of the innings.
Brief scores: New Zealand 141/4 in 10 overs (Finn Allen 71, Martin Guptill 44; Soriful Islam 1/21) beat Bangladesh 76 in 9.3 overs (Mohammad Naim 19; Todd Astle 4/13, Tim Southee 3/15) by 65 runs
